foliage.
_g_ ground, including low hills, when not rocky.
_l_ effects of light.
_m_ mountains, or bold rocky ground.
_p_ power of general arrangement and effect.
_q_ quiet water.
_r_ running or rough water; or rivers, even if calm, when their line of
flow is beautifully marked.

_From the England Series._

_a c f r._ Arundel.
_a f l._ Ashby de la Zouche.
_a l q r._ Barnard Castle.*
_f m r._ Bolton Abbey.
_f g r._ Buckfastleigh.*
_a l p._ Caernarvon.
_c l q._ Castle Upnor.
_a f l._ Colchester.
_l q._ Cowes.
_c f p._ Dartmouth Cove.
_c l q._ Flint Castle.*
_a f g l._ Knaresborough.*
_m r._ High Force of Tees.*
_a f q._ Trematon.
_a f p._ Lancaster.
_c l m r._ Lancaster Sands.*
_a g f._ Launceston.
_c f l r._ Leicester Abbey.
_f r._ Ludlow.
_a f l._ Margate.
_a l q._ Orford.
_c p._ Plymouth.
_f._ Powis Castle.
_l m q._ Prudhoe Castle.
_f l m r._ Chain Bridge over Tees.*
_m q._ Ulleswater.
_f m._ Valle Crucis.

_From the Keepsake._

_m p q._ Arona.
_m._ Drachenfells.
_f l._ Marley.*
_p._ St. Germain en Laye.
_l p q._ Florence.
_l m._ Ballyburgh Ness.*

_From the Bible Series._

_f m._ Mount Lebanon.
_m._ Rock of Moses at Sinai.
_a l m._ Jericho.
_a c g._ Joppa.
_c l p q._ Solomon's Pools.*
_a l._ Santa Saba.
_a l._ Pool of Bethesda.

_From Scott's Works._

_p r._ Melrose.
_f r._ Dryburgh.*
_c m._ Glencoe.
_c m._ Loch Coriskin.
_a l._ Caerlaverock.

_From the "Rivers of France."_

_a q._ Chateau of Amboise, with large bridge on right.
_l p r._ Rouen, looking down the river, poplars on right.*
_a l p._ Rouen, with cathedral and rainbow, avenue on the left.
_a p._ Rouen Cathedral.
_f p._ Pont de l'Arche.
_f l p._ View on the Seine, with avenue.
_a c p._ Bridge of Meulan.
_c g p r._ Caudebec.*

[217] As _well_;--not as minutely: the diamond cuts finer lines on the
steel than you can draw on paper with your pen; but you must be able to
get tones as even, and touches as firm.

[218] See, for account of these plates, the Appendix on "Works to be
studied."

[219] This sketch is not of a tree standing on its head, though it looks
like it. You will find it explained presently.

LETTER II.

SKETCHING FROM NATURE.

MY DEAR READER:--